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My name is Ally Bean and this is my personal blog answering the question: "What up, Buttercup?" I'm here a few times a week-- unless, of course, I'm not. And yes, I wear eyeglasses. Spectacles, if you will.

Please Note

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

PLEASE NOTE: It has been brought to my attention that the stupid birds in these photos are not crows. These birds are something called TURKEY VULTURES. So, with the help of Zen-Den, I have rewritten my verse to accurately reflect this fact. Here goes:

37 thoughts on “I’m Twinkling Here, Said The Crow”

Crows don’t have red beaks. I’m no expert but those may be what some peope call “turkey vultures.” I would very much like to see you rhyme “turkey vulture.” “Twinkle, twinkle turkey vulture – how you are so misunderstood in our culture . . . “

Our turkey vultures are really big…you see them circling in the air over something…and you hope it isn’t you!
Twinkle Twinkle big odd birds
(How hard to think of perfect words)
Up above featherless creatures you fly
Do you think “what’s for dessert?’ when up there in the sky?
(OK, it was really hard not to end it with some form of “Die weaklings, die!”…that’s just too creepy…)
Thanks for the morning’s laugh

Turkey vultures are quite relaxing to watch glide around in the sky. Half the time, I’m not sure whether my big gliding birds are turkey vultures or juvenile eagles. Also known as buzzards, by the way, but I am not coming up with a rhyme for buzzard. You, Z-D and Polly are the rhymiest!

Zazzy, we don’t have enough open sky around here to watch birds glide, so I’ll take your word for it about watching these birds. When this group of birds arrived in our backyard they descended in one dark, noisy swoop; then they sat around long enough for me to snap a few photos before flying off. Turkey vultures are buzzards? Didn’t know that.

I was scared to death by turkey vultures one day while walking Mozart. One swooped down 5 feet from us and scooped up a squirrel, with another vulture on its heels. Needless to say, I screamed quite loudly!

Beth, that sounds awful! I’d scream, too. These birds that I photographed [which were not crows ;-)] were large & beady-eyed. They weren’t bothered by me and my camera standing on the deck, so I can see where you and mild-mannered Mozart posed no threat to them.

Not to put too fine a point on it but there’s a reason those birds are perched there: some tasty half-dead dinner lies below. They like to dine in each other’s company. You want to see ugly just wait until the turkey vultures alight.